SALT LAKE CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is doing very useful work aimed at stabilizing relations between the Washington and Moscow, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov told reporters.
"Ambassador Huntsman is doing useful work toward stabilizing US-Russia relations," Antonov said on Tuesday.
Antonov is currently visiting the US state of Utah, where he already met with Governor Gary Herbert and with representatives of the business and medical communities in Salt Lake City.
Herbert said Huntsman, who also served as governor of Utah from 2005-2009, called him on Monday night to ask him to convey a friendly welcome before the meeting with Antonov.
"I feel Huntsman's support while being here and feel his determination toward developing relations between the regions," Antonov said.
Relations between the United States and Russia worsened following the two countries' disagreement over the crisis in Ukraine. The United States imposed several round of sanctions against Russia after Crimea held a referendum in 2014 in which a vast majority of residents decided to reunify with Russia.
Washington also accused Moscow of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and has imposed additional rounds of sanctions. Russia has repeatedly denied the allegations saying they were made up to excuse the election loss of a presidential candidate as well as deflect public opinion from actual instances of election fraud and corruption.
